Physics – Condensed Matter – Statistical Mechanics
Scientific paper
1999-07-07
Physics
Condensed Matter
Statistical Mechanics
4 pages, 4 eps figures; minor clarifications To be published in Phys. Rev. Lett
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevLett.83.2793
We have observed an unusual form of creep at low temperatures in the charge-density-wave (CDW) conductor NbSe$_3$. This creep develops when CDW motion becomes limited by thermally-activated phase advance past individual impurities, demonstrating the importance of local pinning and related short-length-scale dynamics. Unlike in vortex lattices, elastic collective dynamics on longer length scales results in temporally ordered motion and a finite threshold field. A first-order dynamic phase transition from creep to high-velocity sliding produces "switching" in the velocity-field characteristic.
Brock Joel D.
Lemay S. G.
Li Yadong
Thorne Robert E.
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